Having been a loyal Creative customer that has used their products since the days of the Sound Blaster 16, I had wanted to wait until the Sound Blaster X-Fi had proper drivers for GNU/Linux before making any major upgrades again.

Unfortunately, I finally tired of waiting and I did what any normal consumer in this situation would do. I voted with my pocket book and gave my money to another company.

I ended up purchasing the M-Audio Revolution 5.1 sound card and a Logitech G51 Surround Sound Speaker System.

Everything sounds great and I am now left with the feeling of "why didn't I do this earlier?".